2019 Sandakan by-election, Controversies and issues
PBS put up a controversial banner that claimed Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng had threatened Sandakan voters by saying he could not solve the issue of insufficient parking lots at the Sandakan Hospital in the event that DAP's candidate Vivian Wong lost in this by-election. DAP dismissed the claim and explained that Lim's remark was taken out of context. The banner was subsequently removed by the Election Commission.


2019 Sandakan by-election, Results
Note: 1Vivian Wong Shir Yee was a candidate of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), who had contested under the DAP banner instead of the PH banner.


2019 Sandakan by-election, Results, Polling District Result
DAP won all the polling districts and post votes. PSB won the early votes with a razor thin majority.


2019 Sandefjord Fotball season
The 2019 season is Sandefjord's first season back in the OBOS-ligaen following their relegation from the Eliteserien in 2018.


2019 Sandefjord Fotball season, Current squad
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2019 Sandefjord Fotball season, Current squad
For season transfers, see transfers winter 2018–19 and transfers summer 2019.


2019 Sandefjord Fotball season, Current squad, Players out on loan
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2019 Sandefjord Fotball season, Transfers, Winter
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2019 Sandefjord Fotball season, Transfers, Winter
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2019 Sandefjord Fotball season, Transfers, Summer
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2019 Sandefjord Fotball season, Transfers, Summer
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2019 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2019 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2019 Sanfrecce Hiroshima season
The 2019 Sanfrecce Hiroshima season involves the team competing in the J1 League, they finished runners-up in the 2018 J1 League. They will also compete in the J.League Cup, Emperor's Cup, and AFC Champions League.


2019 Sanfrecce Hiroshima season, Squad
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2019 Santa Maria, Bulacan local elections
Local elections will be held in  Santa Maria, Bulacan on May 13, 2019 within the Philippine general election in 2019 Bulacan local elections. The voters will elect for the elective local posts in the municipality: the mayor, vice mayor, and eight councilors.


2019 Santa Maria, Bulacan local elections, Mayoralty Election, Mayor
Incumbent mayor Russel Pleyto is running for his 2nd term, his opponents are former mayors Bartolome Ramos and Ato Mateo.


2019 Santa Maria, Bulacan local elections, Mayoralty Election, Vice Mayor
Incumbent vice mayor Ricky Buenaventura is running for his 2nd term, his opponent is incumbent councilor Nelson Luciano.


2019 Santa Maria, Bulacan local elections, Mayoralty Election, Sangguniang Bayan election
Election is via plurality-at-large voting: A voter votes for up to eight candidates, then the eight candidates with the highest number of votes are elected.


2019 Santa Maria, Bulacan local elections, Mayoralty Election, Sangguniang Bayan election
Councilors Nelson Luciano, Oscar Morales and Obet Perez are term-limited, while incumbent  Froilan Caguiat is term-limited and running for Board Member in the Fourth district. Councilors Rogelio Barcial, Jun Mateo and Marissa Tuazon will run for their second terms, while Jay de Guzman, will run for his third and final term.


2019 Santaizi ATP Challenger
The 2019 Santaizi ATP Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Taipei, Taiwan between 8 and 14 April.


2019 Santaizi ATP Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Santaizi ATP Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:


2019 Santaizi ATP Challenger – Doubles
Matthew Ebden and Andrew Whittington were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2019 Santaizi ATP Challenger – Doubles
Sriram Balaji and Jonathan Erlich won the title after defeating Sander Arends and Tristan-Samuel Weissborn 6–3, 6–2 in the final.


2019 Santaizi ATP Challenger – Singles
Yuki Bhambri was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2019 Santaizi ATP Challenger – Singles
Dennis Novak won the title after defeating Sergiy Stakhovsky 6–2, 6–4 in the final.


2019 Santiago ePrix
The 2019 Santiago ePrix (formally the 2019 Antofagasta Minerals Santiago E-Prix) was a Formula E electric car race held at the Parque O'Higgins Circuit in the Parque O'Higgins of Santiago, Chile on 27 January 2019. It was the third round of the 2018–19 Formula E season and the second annual edition of the event. Sam Bird won the 36 lap race, with Pascal Wehrlein finishing second, in what was his 2nd race in the championship, while Daniel Abt came home in third place. Following the race, Bird led the championship, edging out Jerome d'Ambrosio by 2 points.


2019 Santiago ePrix, Report, Background
The 2019 Santiago ePrix was confirmed to be taking place as part of the 2018-19 FIA ABB Formula E Championship, on 9 October 2018, with a new circuit in Parque O'Higgins, replacing the previous track in the Parque Forestal following opposition from residents. The new Parque O'Higgins Circuit layout was also revealed on the day itself, with it being planned to be a 2.4 km long track, subjected to FIA Homologation. The track utilised roads in the Parque O'Higgins, with feedback from local residents being sought to minimize any disruption to them during the race. Ultimately, the track was successfully homologated according to its original design. Ahead of the race, a layer of new asphalt was laid in the park in November 2018, with parts of the circuit using the new surface, while the rest including the start/finish straight, was an old concrete layer.


2019 Santiago ePrix, Report, Practice
Lucas di Grassi topped the timesheets in what was an interrupted Free Practice 1 at Santiago, with running halted midway by a red flag, following a crash by Season 2 champion, Sebastien Buemi. Di Grassi posted a best time of 1:08.630 on a 250 kW run in the closing stages of FP1 to go 0.146 seconds quicker than Pascal Wehrlein's Mahindra, with Sam Bird coming in 3rd for Envision Virgin Racing, 0.358 seconds behind Di Grassi, with his Virgin teammate Frijns coming in at just 0.071 seconds behind him.


2019 Santiago ePrix, Report, Practice
Reigning Champion Jean-Eric Vergne came in P5, while Ad Diriyah race winner, Antonio Felix Da Costa came in P6. All 22 drivers set flying laps, with the top 11 separated by less than a second. The most serious incident of the session came for Buemi with a crash at Turn 7. The red flag was brought out for 17 minutes, suspending the session, while Buemi's Nissan was retrieved, and subsequently, the session was extended by ten minutes to compensate for some of the lost time.


2019 Santiago ePrix, Report, Practice
In Free Practice 2, José María López would lead a pack of 3 Audi-powered cars after the 30-minute session, with him setting a best time of 1:08.194 in his Dragon Racing Penske EV-3, going just 0.066 seconds quicker than Robin Frijns in his customer Envision Virgin Racing Audi. Frijns's Virgin teammate Sam Bird was classified fourth, behind the factory Audi of Lucas di Grassi in third. The session was free of any major incidents, although some drivers, including rookie driver Felipe Massa, went into the run-off area around the track, whilst Andre Lotterer made brief contact with the tire wall. Sebastien Buemi managed to get back out on track after a crash in Free Practice 1 and finished the session 15th in his Nissan. All 22 drivers set flying laps in what was a tightly contested session, with the top 17 covered by a little over 0.7 seconds.


2019 Santiago ePrix, Report, Qualifying
Lucas di Grassi had been set to start the race from pole position after the Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler driver went quickest by a considerable margin in Super Pole, posting a time of 1:08.290 to go 0.526 seconds clear of Sebastien Buemi in an uncharacteristically spaced-out Super Pole session. It would have marked the second consecutive pole for Audi-powered cars in Season Five of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship after Sam Bird's pole run in Marrakech for customer team Envision Virgin Racing.


2019 Santiago ePrix, Report, Qualifying
However, Sebastien Buemi inherited pole position for the race, after di Grassi was penalized following a stewards’ investigation into his brake usage on his in-lap after his group qualifying run. Di Grassi was found to have used the brakes on his Audi e-tron FE05 more during the in-lap than on the flying lap, violating a new rule that was introduced prior to the race concerning brake usage, believed to have been brought in following Tom Dillmann’s brake failure in Marrakesh, which resulted in his parc ferme collision with Robin Frijns.


2019 Santiago ePrix, Report, Qualifying
The Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler driver therefore had his qualifying times deleted, including his pole-setting Super Pole time, and will start from the back of the grid. As such, all drivers were promoted by 1 spot, with Pascal Wehrlein qualifying third, ahead of di Grassi's teammate Daniel Abt, while Bird made it three Audis in Super Pole, qualifying fourth and fifth place on the grid went to Stoffel Vandoorne for Venturi.


2019 Santiago ePrix, Report, Qualifying
Several leading drivers failed to make it through to Super Pole, including reigning champion Jean-Eric Vergne who complained about the qualifying format on the live stream, owing to the disadvantaged track conditions for the Group 1 drivers.


2019 Santiago ePrix, Report, Race
Sam Bird successfully defended from Pascal Wehrlein to win the Santiago ePrix, scoring his first ABB FIA Formula E Championship win since Rome the previous season. While Bird was forced to nurse his Audi e-tron FE05 home with low energy levels on the final lap, he also benefited from Wehrlein also being forced to slow down to prevent overheating on his Mahindra M5Electro, due to the high ambient temperatures at the race, which saw temperatures peak at 38.0°C.


2019 Santiago ePrix, Report, Race
While Bird's victory was briefly uncertain following the race, as he faced an investigation for his car possibly being underweight, it was later quickly clarified that no further action would be taken. This win meant of continuation Bird's streak of winning at least one race in every Formula E season, and bringing him into the championship lead, overtaking Marrakesh winner Jerome d'Ambrosio by a point. d'Ambrosio's Mahindra Racing teammate Pascal Wehrlein held on, to finish runner-up in his second Formula E race after using his attack mode to pressure Bird for the lead in the last six minutes.


2019 Santiago ePrix, Report, Race
Alexander Sims had appeared set to make it two rookie drivers on the podium, but was given a drive-through penalty which was later converted to a post-race time penalty, for causing a collision with Edoardo Mortara earlier in the race, dropping him back to eighth. As a result of the penalty, Daniel Abt was promoted up to third position, making it two Audis cars finishing on the podium, ahead of Edoardo Mortara in fourth and Bird's Envision Virgin teammate Robin Frijns completing the top five.


2019 Santiago ePrix, Report, Race
Mitch Evans took sixth for Jaguar,  while D’Ambrosio finished eighth after a difficult weekend for the Belgian which saw him qualify near the back of the field on account of running in the disadvantaged first qualifying group. Oliver Turvey ending up ninth for NIO, while José María López, who had finished seventh on the road was dropped down to 10th for exceeding maximum power. Nelson Piquet Jr finished 11th, while Abt's teammate, Lucas di Grassi wound up 12th in the final order after a 10-second stop-and-go penalty was converted into a post-race time penalty, for causing a collision with Lopez.


2019 Santiago ePrix, Report, Race
It was a race of attrition, which saw only 14 of 22 cars which started the race finishing, following a number of collisions between drivers and technical issues worsened by the hot weather conditions. Among the retirees were Antonio Felix da Costa, who won the opening race of the season in Ad Diriyah, and reigning champion Jean-Eric Vergne, with both drivers colliding on the final corner on lap 8, as well as race polesitter Sebastien Buemi. Buemi had led the race from pole position but crashed out from the lead during the second half when he locked up at the chicane, which forced him to limp home to the pits, and ultimately retire due to the damage sustained to the car.


2019 Santos FC season
The 2019 season was Santos Futebol Clube's one hundred and seventh season in existence and the club's sixty consecutive season in the top flight of Brazilian football. As well as the Campeonato Brasileiro, the club competes in the Copa do Brasil, the Campeonato Paulista and also in Copa Sudamericana.


2019 Santos FC season, Players, Squad information
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2019 Santos FC season, Players, Squad information, Reserve team
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2019 Santos FC season, Players, Copa Sudamericana squad
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2019 Santos FC season, Players, Appearances and goals
Last updated: 8 December 2019Source: Match reports in Competitive matches,


2019 Santos FC season, Players, Goalscorers
Last updated: 8 December 2019Source: Match reports in Competitive matches


2019 Santos FC season, Players, Disciplinary record
As of 8 December 2019Source: Match reports in Competitive matches = Number of bookings;   = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.


2019 Santosh Trophy Final
The 2019 Santosh Trophy Final was a match between Services and Punjab on 21 April 2019 in Ludhiana, Punjab. The match was a culmination of the 2018–19 Santosh Trophy, the 73rd edition of the football competition contested by regional state associations and government institutions under the All India Football Federation.


2019 Sanya ePrix
The 2019 Sanya ePrix (formally the 2019 FWD Sanya E-Prix) was a Formula E electric motor race held in Sanya on the Chinese island of Hainan on 23 March 2019. It was the 6th race of the 2018-19 Formula E season, the first ePrix to be held in China since the 2015 Beijing ePrix and the first Sanya ePrix.


2019 Sanya ePrix, Report, Background
The Sanya ePrix was announced as part of the 2018-19 calendar in June 2018 by Formula E founder, Alejandro Agag, and was confirmed as season 5's 6th race on 10 January 2019. It was the first time since 2015 an ePrix was held on mainland China, the first time an ePrix was held in Sanya and was run on the Haitang Bay Circuit.


2019 Sanya ePrix, Report, Background
Going into the race, Sam Bird led the championship with 54 points and a point over Jérôme d'Ambrosio and 2 points over Lucas di Grassi and Edoardo Mortara, who were tied on 52 points after Mortara's win in the previous round in Hong Kong. In the teams championship, Virgin Racing led with 97 points, Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler in second place with 86 points, after jumping ahead of Mahindra, by scoring a double points finish and Mahindra's double retirement in the previous round.


2019 Sanya ePrix, Report, Practice
Two practice sessions—both on Saturday morning—were held before the late afternoon race. The first session ran for 45 minutes and the second for half an hour. During the session, Oliver Rowland led the way during the first Practice session after setting a time of 1:07.561, ahead of both BMW Andretti driver Antonio Felix da Costa and his teammate Alexander Sims. During the session, several drivers ran deep into the run-off area at turn 5. The notable incidents happened when Virgin Racing driver Robin Frijns rubbing the wall multiple times during the session.


2019 Sanya ePrix, Report, Practice
The second practice session was underway an hour and a half later. The Nissan e.Dams driver Sébastien Buemi hits the wall at turn 3. Despite the incident, he rejoined and sets the fastest of the second practice with 1.07.288, ahead of Da Costa in second, and his teammate, Rowland in third. During the session, Mahindra driver Pascal Wehrlein, and HWA driver Gary Paffett hits the wall at the exit of turn 6. Both drivers returned to the pits afterwards, to fix the damage of the car for the rest of the second practice.


2019 Sanya ePrix, Report, Qualifying
Saturday's 75-minute afternoon qualifying session was divided into two groups of five cars and two groups of six entries. Each group was determined by a lottery system and was permitted six minutes of on-track activity. All drivers were limited to two timed laps with one at maximum power. The fastest six overall competitors in the four groups participated in a "Super Pole" session with one driver on the track at any time going out in reverse order from fifth to first.


2019 Sanya ePrix, Report, Qualifying
Each of the five drivers was limited to one timed lap and the starting order was determined by the competitor's fastest times (Super Pole from first to fifth, and group qualifying from sixth to twentieth). The driver and team who recorded the fastest time were awarded three points towards their respective championships.


2019 Sanya ePrix, Report, Qualifying
In group one, BMW Andretti driver Antonio Felix da Costa was fastest, ahead of d'Ambrosio, and Di Grassi. The championship leader, Sam Bird, would start from 16th in the overall qualifying session. Abt is fastest in group two, with Lotterer behind, but only 7th overall. In the third group, Buemi set the fastest lap, ahead of BMW Andretti driver Alexander Sims, and his teammate, Oliver Rowland. Vergne and Massa were forth and fifth ahead of the NIO driver of Oliver Turvey in sixth.


2019 Sanya ePrix, Report, Qualifying
In group four, Stoffel Vandoorne in the HWA Racelab set the fastest lap of the group four qualifying, with the Dragon driver José María López came in second, and NIO driver Tom Dillmann in third. In the Super Pole session, Rowland takes his first Pole Position of the season with a time of 1:07.945, after his teammate Buemi hits the wall again in turn 3. He would start in the front row alongside the DS Techeetah driver Jean-Éric Vergne, who is in second. Alexander Sims didn't set his Super Pole time because a gear selection issue on his car.


2019 Sanya ePrix, Report, Post-qualifying
After qualifying, Sébastien Buemi was disqualified from the Super Pole session for brake infringement, dropping him to sixth, before he had to start from the pit lane after replacing a part of his car. The HWA Racelab driver Gary Paffett also started from the pit lane after fixing an issue of his car.


2019 Sanya ePrix, Report, Race
At the start, everyone get off the line well except for Nasr because his Dragon's engine stalled, he later move the car again before retire. Soon then, Vandoorne and Bird collide, result in both drivers retire, Jose Maria Lopez also retire and park to the run-off area to maintain the race. When Attack Mode activated, Massa, Turvey and Buemi go to the first attack, Lucas Di Grassi also used but he spend 3 times to activated it.


2019 Sanya ePrix, Report, Race
On 21 minutes and 59 seconds left on the clock, Vergne go for the overtake on Rowland and move to the lead, from there he builds the 1 second gap  from Rowland to activate Attack Mode, then Sims and Lotterer side-by-side and Sims contact the wall, ended his race and cause the full course yellow and a red flag. When the race back for 12 minutes, every driver except for Mortara, da Costa Turvey, Dillmann not activate the second Attack Mode. During the penultimate lap, Buemi shoved Frijns to di Grassi, which result in his retire and a Full Course Yellow, which make everyone slow down and enough to get Vergne wins the race.


2019 Sanya ePrix, Report, Post-race
After the race, Buemi been awarded a 10 seconds penalty for causing a collision, Mortara have been awarded a drive-through penalty converted to 16 seconds after he fails to activate the attack mode for a second time, this penalty promoted Massa to tenth.


2019 Sarasota Open
The 2019 Sarasota Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 11th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Sarasota, United States between 15 and 21 April.


2019 Sarasota Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Sarasota Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:


2019 Sarasota Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:


2019 Sarasota Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw using their ITF World Tennis Ranking:


2019 Sarasota Open – Doubles
Evan King and Hunter Reese were the defending champions but only Reese chose to defend his title, partnering André Göransson. Reese lost in the first round to Treat Huey and Fabrice Martin.


2019 Sarasota Open – Doubles
Martín Cuevas and Paolo Lorenzi won the title after defeating Luke Bambridge and Jonny O'Mara 7–6(7–5), 7–6(8–6) in the final.


2019 Sarasota Open – Singles
Hugo Dellien was the defending champion but lost in the third round to Aslan Karatsev.


2019 Sarasota Open – Singles
Tommy Paul won the title after defeating Tennys Sandgren 6–3, 6–4 in the final.


2019 Sardinian regional election
The 2019 Sardinian regional election took place on 24 February 2019. The election was for all 59 elected seats of the Regional Council of Sardinia as well as the President of the Region who, along with the second placed presidential candidate, would also become members of the Regional Council.


2019 Sardinian regional election
This was the first Sardinian regional election with the participation of Lega and M5S. The incumbent President (Francesco Pigliaru, PD) did not run for a second term.


2019 Sardinian regional election
The ballot resulted in the election of Christian Solinas, the centre-right candidate, as President of the Regional Council with 47.8% of the votes. The centre-left candidate, Cagliari Mayor Massimo Zedda, came in second with 33 percent. The Five Star Movement candidate, Francesco Desogus, received 11 percent of the vote.


2019 Sardinian regional election, Electoral law
The candidate who obtains a plurality of the votes is elected President of Sardinia. If the elected candidate obtains at least 25% of the votes, the majority of the seats on the board are guaranteed on the lists who support him. The law provides for a single round, with a list vote, the possibility of expressing a preference within the chosen list, and voting for the presidential candidate, on a single card. It is possible to vote for a list and for a candidate who is not connected to each other (Article 9).


2019 Sardinian regional election, Electoral law
The candidate who has obtained the relative majority is elected president (Article 1, paragraph 4). To the lists connected to the president-elect, a majority prize may be awarded in the following measure: 60% of the seats if the president-elect obtained a percentage of preference above 40%; 55% of the seats if the elected president has obtained a percentage of preferences between 25% and 40%, while no majority prize is awarded if the president is elected with less than 25% (Article 13). The law provides for a 10% threshold for coalitions, and 5% for non-coalitized lists (Article 1, paragraph 7). No barriers are foreseen for the lists within the coalitions that have exceeded 10%.


2019 Sardinian regional election, Campaign
On 13 February certain groups of dairy farmers within the region announced an ultimatum that if the decrease in prices is not prevented then they would block entrances to the polling stations on election day.


2019 Sarpsborg 08 FF season
The 2019 season is Sarpsborg 08's 8th season in Eliteserien, following their return to the top level in 2012.


2019 Sarpsborg 08 FF season, Squad
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2019 Sarpsborg 08 FF season, Squad, Out on loan
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2019 SaskTel Tankard
The 2019 SaskTel Tankard, the provincial men's curling championship for Saskatchewan, was held from February 6 to 10 at the Whitewood Community Centre in Whitewood, Saskatchewan The winning Kirk Muyres team represented Saskatchewan at the 2019 Tim Hortons Brier in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada's national men's curling championship.


2019 SaskTel Tankard
Whitewood is the smallest community to ever host the Tankard.


2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders season
The 2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders season was the 62nd season for the team in the Canadian Football League. It was the club's 110th year overall and its 104th season of play. The Roughriders qualified for the playoffs for the third consecutive year and hosted a playoff game for the second consecutive year. They finished 13–5 in the regular season (their best record since 1970) and finished first place in the West Division for only the second time since 1976 and the first time winning the West Division crown since 2009. The 2019 West Final was the first time that the game was held at the new Mosaic Stadium and the second time a playoff game was held at the venue, the first coming during the previous season in 2018.


2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders season
This was Craig Dickenson's first season as head coach and Jeremy O'Day's first full season as general manager following the sudden departure of Chris Jones, who held both roles for the previous three years.


2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders season, Offseason, Foreign drafts
For the first time in its history, the CFL held drafts for foreign players from Mexico and Europe. Like all other CFL teams, the Roughriders held three non-tradeable selections in the 2019 CFL–LFA Draft, which took place on January 14, 2019. The 2019 European CFL Draft took place on April 11, 2019 where all teams held one non-tradeable pick.


2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders season, Offseason, CFL Draft
The 2019 CFL Draft took place on May 2, 2019. The Roughriders had six selections in the eight-round draft after trading their third-round pick in a package for Vernon Adams and their seventh-round pick for Brian Jones.


2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders season, Regular season, Schedule
To accommodate for the viewership of the Toronto Raptors' 7:00pm CST NBA Finals Game 6 start time on June 13, the CFL moved up the start time of the league opener that same day from 5:30pm to 5:00pm.


2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders season, Regular season, Schedule
In the late evening of August 9 at 9:06pm EDT, a weather delay was declared at Percival Molson Memorial Stadium in Montreal due to an approaching thunderstorm with intense lightning; the Roughriders were leading the Alouettes 17–10 with 2:41 left in the 3rd quarter. Because the game had not restarted by 10:06pm EDT and over 7:30 had been played in the 3rd at that point, the game was decided to be official and the 17–10 score was declared final.


2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders season, Regular season, Schedule
The Roughriders played an unusually long three game road trip in October to accommodate the National Hockey League's Heritage Classic which was staged at Mosaic Stadium for the first time.


2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders season, Team, Roster
Italics indicate American playerBold indicate Global player updated 2019-11-17 • 46 Active, 12 One-game injured,4 Six-game injured, 14 Practice


2019 Saskatchewan Rush season
The Saskatchewan Rush are a lacrosse team based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2019 season is the 14th in franchise history, 4th in Saskatchewan.


2019 Saskatchewan Rush season, Current standings
x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games PlayedW: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowedDifferential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game


2019 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2019 Viterra Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship for Saskatchewan, was held January from 22–27 at the Humboldt Curling Club in Humboldt. The winning Robyn Silvernagle team represented Saskatchewan at the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Sydney, Nova Scotia.


2019 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC-06:00)


2019 Saudari Cup
The 2019 Saudari Cup was contested between the women's national teams of Singapore and Malaysia from 28 to 30 August 2019.


2019 Saudari Cup
The Saudari Cup is an annual event between the two sides, which started in 2014, with Malaysia winning all of the previous editions, including the most recent edition in 2018. The series consisted of three Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) matches, all being played at the Indian Association Ground in Singapore. Malaysia retained the title, sweeping the series 3–0.


2019 Saudari Cup
This was the second edition of the event to have WT20I status following the International Cricket Council's decision to grant T20I status to all matches played between women's sides of Associate Members after 1 July 2018.


2019 Saudi Arabia mass execution
On 23 April 2019, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia carried out a mass execution of 37 imprisoned civilians who had been convicted, 21 on the basis of confessions allegedly obtained under coercion and torture, for terrorism-related allegations in six provinces in the country. Fourteen of the people executed had been convicted in relation to their participation in the 2011–12 Saudi Arabian protests in Qatif, mostly on the basis of torture-induced confessions. The executions were carried out by beheading, and two of the bodies were left on public display. According to Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry the convicts were all Saudi nationals. Thirty-two of those executed belonged to the country's Shia minority.


2019 Saudi Arabia mass execution, Background
Conflict between Saudi authorities and Qatif residents dates back to at least the 1979 Qatif Uprising. The conflict reemerged between Saudi authorities and political protestors during the 2011–12 Saudi Arabian protests and continued through to the 2017–19 Qatif unrest. The conflict involves peaceful protestors as well as armed confrontations between residents and Saudi authorities, siege barricades erected by the authorities in Awamiyah and attempted destruction of residential areas by the authorities. The "Qatif 24 case" was a Saudi legal case concerning 24 Qatif region protestors. Fourteen of the people executed on 23 April 2019 were among the "Qatif 24", including Mujtaba al-Sweikat and Munir al-Adam. Human Rights Watch stated that the most of convictions were based on confessions obtained under torture.


2019 Saudi Arabia mass execution, Background
Another eleven of the people executed had been convicted in the "Iran spy case".


2019 Saudi Arabia mass execution, Background
Both the 14 of the Qatif 24 case and 11 in the Iran spy case had been convicted by the Specialized Criminal Court, which conducts trials for alleged terrorists and human rights activists.


2019 Saudi Arabia mass execution, Background
The European Saudi Organisation for Human Rights (ESOHR) followed the cases of many of the detainees prior to their execution. Among these, none of the detainees were allowed access to lawyers during the arrest and investigation stages of their cases, and 21 of them had their confessions extracted under duress and torture.


2019 Saudi Arabia mass execution, Background
Both ESOHR and CNN obtained access to many of the court records. CNN stated that it had "hundreds of pages of documents from three 2016 trials involving 25" of the executees. CNN described the "Qatif 24 case" as involving charges related to the 2011–12 Saudi Arabian protests of the Arab Spring. It said that the fourteen executees among the "Qatif 24" were all charged with "joining a terror cell" and all denied the charge. Nader al-Sweikat, father of executee Mujtaba al-Sweikat of the "Qatif 24", stated that "only few of the 24 men committed real crimes". Both ESOHR and CNN concluded that the prosecution's cases were mostly based on false confessions.


2019 Saudi Arabia mass execution, Executions
On 23 April 2019, Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry stated that Saudi men had been executed that day for the "terrorism related crimes" of "adopting terrorist and extremist thinking and [of] forming terrorist cells to corrupt and destabilize security". Thirty two of those executed belonged to the country's Shia minority. The executions, which were carried out by beheading, were conducted in the capital Riyadh, the Muslim holy cities of Mecca and Medina, the central province of Al-Qassim, Shia-populated Eastern Province and the southern province of Asir.


2019 Saudi Arabia mass execution, Executions
The bodies of two of the executed men were publicly displayed on a pole for several hours as a warning to others. This was described by the Daily Times as "[sparking] controversy because of its grisly display". According to Amnesty International, many of the families of Shia Muslims executed in the mass execution had not been informed in advance and were shocked to learn of the news.


2019 Saudi Arabia mass execution, Executions
Among the executions was that of a young man who was convicted of a crime that took place while he was under the age of 18, Abdulkareem al-Hawaj, a young Shi'a man who was arrested at the age of 16 and convicted of offences related to his involvement in anti-government protests. According to United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, "at least three of those killed were minors at the time of their sentencing", in violation of international law that prohibits the use of the death penalty against anyone under the age of 18.


2019 Saudi Arabia mass execution, Executees
One of the executees, Hussein al-Humaidy, was severely pressured prior to his sentencing and execution. Al-Humaidy confirmed to the judge, as officially recorded, that "severe psychological and physical pressure" was used during interrogations. Nine among the executees who provided forced confessions and/or were tortured included the following:


2019 Saudi Arabia mass execution, Executees
Mujtaba al-Sweikat was a minor at the time of his arrest on 12 August 2012, while trying to fly to the United States to study at Western Michigan University. During his investigation, al-Sweikat was hung by his hands, beaten with wires and hoses, stubbed with cigarettes, slapped and beaten with shoes, and left with insufficient heating during the winter. He was given a choice between signing a false confession or returning to the investigation; he chose to sign the false confession to avoid further torture. According to al-Sweikat's father, who defended him in court, the case against Mujtaba was intended to "create the illusion of a terror cell", which in reality did not exist. Al-Sweikat's father said that his son participated in the Qatif demonstrations only twice, and for only five minutes each time.


2019 Saudi Super Cup
The 2019 Saudi Super Cup was the 6th edition of the Saudi Super Cup, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Saudi Pro League and King's Cup. It was played on 4 January 2020 by Al-Nassr, the winners of the 2018–19 Saudi Pro League, and Al-Taawoun, the winners of the 2019 King Cup. The match was held at the King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for the first time. Al-Nassr won 5–4 on a penalty shoot-out after a 1–1 draw at the end of extra time, securing their first title in the competition.


2019 Saudi Super Cup, Venue
The King Abdullah Sports City, also known as the Jewel Stadium, was announced as the venue of the final on 11 November 2019. This was the first time the King Abdullah Sports City hosted the final and was the third time it was hosted in Saudi Arabia.


2019 Saudi Super Cup, Venue
The King Abdullah Sports City was built in 2012, opened in 2014 as the home of Al-Ahli and Al-Ittihad. Its current capacity is 62,345, and the record attendance was the opening match which was the 2014 King Cup final. This final marked the seventh final to be played in the stadium following the 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 finals of the King Cup and the 2018 Supercoppa Italiana.


2019 Saudi Super Cup, Background
This will be Al-Nassr's third appearance in the competition and their first in 4 years. Al-Nassr finished as runners-up in both the 2014 and 2015 editions of the Super Cup. On the other hand, this will be Al-Taawoun's first appearance in the competition.


2019 Saudi Super Cup, Background
Both clubs will be looking to win the Saudi Super Cup for the first time. Al-Nassr had failed to win in their two previous appearances in the competition. Al-Taawoun will be making their debut in the competition and will be the seventh team to participate in the competition.


2019 Saudi Super Cup, Background
Al-Nassr qualified by winning the 2018–19 Saudi Professional League on the final matchday by defeating Al-Batin 2–1. Al-Taawoun qualified by winning their first King Cup title by defeating defending champions Al-Ittihad 2–1 in the final. The two teams met twice in the 2018–19 season with both teams winning once.


2019 Saudi Super Cup, Background
The match was originally set to take place in Abu Dhabi on 24 January 2020. However, on 11 November 2019, the Saudi FF announced that match would take place on 4 January 2020 in Jeddah to accommodate the Spanish Super Cup taking place in the same week and same venue.


2019 Saudi Super Cup, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Mario Diks (Netherlands)Hessel Steegstra (Netherlands)Fourth official:Christian Bax (Netherlands)Video assistant referee:Joachim Kamphius (Netherlands)Assistant video assistant referees:Rob Dieperink (Netherlands)


2019 Saurashtra Premier League
The 2019 Saurashtra Premier League season was the inaugural season of the Saurashtra Premier League, established by the Saurashtra Cricket Association in 2019. The season commenced on 14 May 2019 with the final match held on 22 May 2019. The competition started with a round robin group stage, in which each of the 5 teams played a match against every other team. These matches were followed by a final.


2019 Saurashtra Premier League
In a match which went down to the last ball, Sorath Lions defeated Zalawad Royals in the final to win the title, with Himalaya Barad named the player of the match and Chetan Sakariya adjudged the player of the tournament. Chetan Sakariya was the top wicket-taking bowler while Himalaya Barad and Sheldon Jackson were the leading run-scorers in the tournament.


2019 Saurashtra Premier League, Rules and regulations
In the event of tied scores after both teams have faced their quota of overs, a bowl-out will determine the winner, even in the group stage.


2019 Saurashtra Premier League, Rules and regulations
In the group stage, teams will be ranked on the following criteria:


2019 Savannah Challenger
The 2019 Savannah Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the eleventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Savannah, United States between 29 April and 5 May 2019.


2019 Savannah Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Savannah Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main using their ITF World Tennis Ranking:


2019 Savannah Challenger – Doubles
Luke Bambridge and Akira Santillan were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2019 Savannah Challenger – Doubles
Roberto Maytín and Fernando Romboli won the title after defeating Manuel Guinard and Arthur Rinderknech 6–7(5–7), 6–4, [11–9] in the final.


2019 Savannah Challenger – Singles
Hugo Dellien was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2019 Savannah Challenger – Singles
Federico Coria won the title after defeating Paolo Lorenzi 6–3, 4–6, 6–2 in the final.


2019 Savannah mayoral election
The 2019 Savannah mayoral election held an initial round on November 5, 2019, with a runoff held on December 3, 2019. Incumbent mayor Eddie DeLoach was defeated by longtime alderman Van R. Johnson.


2019 Saxony state election
The 2019 Saxony state election was held on 1 September 2019 to elect the members of the 7th Landtag of Saxony. The outgoing government was a grand coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD) led by Minister-President Michael Kretschmer.


2019 Saxony state election
The CDU, SPD, and The Left suffered heavy losses. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) moved into second place with 27.5% of votes, an increase of almost 18 percentage points. The Left fell from second to third place, underperforming opinion polls with 10%. The Greens recorded an improvement to 8.6%, but also fared more poorly than expected. The SPD fell to fifth place with 8%. The election saw a major increase in voter turnout, rising from less than half in 2014 to 66.5% in 2019.


2019 Saxony state election
The incumbent grand coalition lost its majority, necessitating the formation of a new government. The CDU subsequently negotiated a "Kenya coalition" with the Greens and SPD. Michael Kretschmer was re-elected as Minister-President on 20 December.


2019 Saxony state election, Background
In the 2014 state election, the CDU entered into coalition with the SPD. Since then, Saxony emerged as a stronghold of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), which achieved its best results in Saxony in national elections since. It won narrow pluralities in the state in both the 2017 federal election, winning 27.0%, and the 2019 European elections, winning 25.3%.


2019 Saxony state election, Background
In May 2019, the Saxon electoral commission ruled that two-thirds of AfD's candidate list was invalid due to the party's decision to split them across two lists. However, in July, a court partially overturned this decision, ruling half of the party's list eligible.


2019 Saxony state election, Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the 6th Landtag of Saxony.


2019 Saxony state election, Election result
AfD received its highest share of the vote in any state or federal election, while the CDU and The Left both fell to record lows in Saxony. Under normal circumstances AfD should have received 39 seats in the Landtag; however, due to positions 31–61 being ruled invalid and removed from AfD's party list, they had no candidates to fill the final seat. Thus, it remains vacant and there are only 119 seats in the Landtag, one fewer than the standard minimum size.


2019 Saxony state election, Government formation
Incumbent Minister-President Michael Kretschmer was considered likely to retain his job, as his party remained the largest in the Landtag. Kretschmer ruled out working with AfD or leading a minority government during the campaign. As the CDU also rejects working with The Left, this leaves a so-called "Kenya coalition" as the only viable option: a coalition of the CDU, Greens, and SPD. Such a coalition has governed Saxony-Anhalt since the 2016 state election. Kretschmer and Green leaders Meier and Günther publicly supported exploratory discussions in the week following the election, and the Greens scheduled a party vote on opening negotiations for 12 October.


2019 Saxony state election, Government formation
On 20 December, the coalition between the CDU, Greens, and SPD was approved by the Landtag and sworn into government, with Kretschmer remaining as Minister-President.


2019 Scarborough Borough Council election
The 2019 Scarborough Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Scarborough Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.


2019 Scheldeprijs
The 2019 Scheldeprijs was the 107th edition of the Scheldeprijs road cycling one day race, held on 10 April 2019 as part of the 2019 UCI Europe Tour, as a 1.HC categorised race.


2019 Scheldeprijs, Teams
Twenty-one teams were invited to start the race. These included ten UCI WorldTeams and eleven UCI Professional Continental teams.


2019 Schwaben Open
The 2019 Schwaben Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 1st edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Augsburg, Germany between 5 and 11 August 2019.


2019 Schwaben Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Schwaben Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:


2019 Schwaben Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw using their ITF World Tennis Ranking:


2019 Schwaben Open – Doubles
Andrei Vasilevski and Igor Zelenay won the title after defeating Ivan and Matej Sabanov 4–6, 6–4, [10–3] in the final.


2019 Schwaben Open – Singles
Yannick Hanfmann won the title after defeating Emil Ruusuvuori 2–6, 6–4, 7–5 in the final.


2019 Scotland Tri-Nation Series
The 2019 Scotland Tri-Nation Series was the first round of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 cricket tournament and took place in Scotland in August 2019. It was a tri-nation series between Oman, Papua New Guinea and the Scotland cricket teams, with the matches played as One Day International (ODI) fixtures. The ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 formed part of the qualification pathway to the 2023 Cricket World Cup. After the series, Scotland were at the top of the points table, after finishing ahead of Oman on net run rate, with both teams level on points.


2019 Scotland Tri-Nation Series
The opening match of the tournament saw Oman beat Papua New Guinea by four wickets to record their first win in an ODI cricket match. Oman also won the next game of the series, beating hosts Scotland by eight wickets. Scotland won the next match by three wickets, against Papua New Guinea, with their captain Kyle Coetzer making 96 runs in the run chase. In the fourth match, Scotland beat Oman by 85 runs, with Hamza Tahir taking his first five-wicket haul for the hosts in ODI cricket.


2019 Scotland Tri-Nation Series
The fifth match, between Scotland and Papua New Guinea, was used to help raise funds for a local cancer charity. Scotland went on to win the match by 38 runs to record their third win of the series. In the final match, Oman beat Papua New Guinea by four wickets, leaving Papua New Guinea without a win in the series.


2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship, was held from February 16 to 24 at the Centre 200 in Sydney, Nova Scotia. The winning team represented Canada at the 2019 World Women's Curling Championship held from March 16 to 24 at the Silkeborg Sportscenter in Silkeborg, Denmark. The final game featured the largest comeback in Scotties Finals history (according to TSN statistics). Alberta's Chelsea Carey came back from a 5–1 deficit, winning the championship 8–6 thanks to 5 total steal points in the second half, and two dramatic misses by Ontario's Rachel Homan.


2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
This year's tournament was notable for Nunavut winning their first Scotties round robin game ever, defeating Quebec's Gabrielle Lavoie 4–3 in Draw 1; and the highest scoring game ever at a Canadian women's curling championship in Draw 10 with Prince Edward Island's Suzanne Birt winning 13–12 in an extra end over New Brunswick's Andrea Crawford, a total match score of 25 points.


2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Team Canada's Jennifer Jones set a new record for the most Canadian national women's championship game wins as a skip when she skipped the 141st victory of her Scotties career over British Columbia's Sarah Wark in Draw 18 on February 22.


2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
After winning the 2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Team Jennifer Jones returned to represent Team Canada, but with a lineup change. Following Jill Officer's retirement after the 2017–18 season, the Jones rink added 2016 Scotties champion Jocelyn Peterman to the team as second. Officer would however join the team as their alternate. Many Scotties veterans such as Rachel Homan (Ontario), Chelsea Carey (Alberta), Krista McCarville (Northern Ontario), Kerry Galusha (Northwest Territories), Jill Brothers (Nova Scotia), and Suzanne Birt (Prince Edward Island) won their respective playdowns.


2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Andrea Crawford returned to skip Team New Brunswick after taking some time off and moving to Germany. Tracy Fleury, who had previously represented Ontario and Northern Ontario, won the 2019 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts after defeating the heavily favored Kerri Einarson rink. Sarah Wark (British Columbia), Gabrielle Lavoie (Quebec) and Robyn Silvernagle (Saskatchewan) made their Scotties debuts.


2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Jennifer JonesThird: Kaitlyn LawesSecond: Jocelyn PetermanLead: Dawn McEwenAlternate Jill Officer


2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Sarah WarkThird: Kristen PiloteSecond: Carley SandwithLead: Jen RusnellAlternate Michelle Dunn


2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Tracy FleuryThird: Selena NjegovanSecond: Liz FyfeLead: Kristin MacCuishAlternate: Taylor McDonald


2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Kelli SharpeThird: Stephanie GuzzwellSecond: Beth HamiltonLead: Carrie VautourAlternate: Michelle Jewer


2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Krista McCarvilleThird: Kendra LillySecond: Jen GatesLead: Sarah PottsAlternate: Lorraine Lang


2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Jill BrothersThird: Erin CarmodySecond: Sarah MurphyLead: Jenn BrineAlternate: Kim Kelly


2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Rachel HomanThird: Emma MiskewSecond: Joanne CourtneyLead: Lisa WeagleAlternate: Cheryl Kreviazuk


2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Gabrielle LavoieThird: Patricia BoudreaultSecond: Anna MunroeLead: Julie DaigleAlternate Marie-France Larouche


2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Robyn SilvernagleThird: Stefanie LawtonSecond: Jessie HunkinLead: Kara ThevenotAlternate: Marliese Kasner


2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Fourth: Jennifer BlaneyThird: Alison GriffinSkip: Jenine BodnerLead: Megan IngramAlternate Sadie Pinksen


2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Casey ScheideggerThird: Cary-Anne McTaggartSecond: Jessie HaughianLead: Kristie MooreAlternate Susan O'Connor


2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Wildcard game
A wildcard play-in game was played on February 15. It was contested between the top two teams in the Canadian Team Ranking System standings who did not win their respective provincial championships: the Gimli Curling Club's Kerri Einarson rink from Gimli, Manitoba and the Lethbridge Curling Club's Casey Scheidegger rink from Lethbridge, Alberta. Team Wildcard entered the Scotties as the number 4 seed.


2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Wildcard game
In advance of the 2018–19 season, Rachel Homan was guaranteed a spot in the wildcard game if her team did not win their provincial championship. The team was forced to decline their Team Canada berth in the 2018 Scotties due to qualifying for the Olympics. However, had Homan been eliminated from the provincials, her team would have qualified for the game without the guaranteed spot as they led the CTRS standings.


2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−04:00).


2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Round robin results, Draw 10
^ This match set a record for the highest scoring game in Canadian national women's championship history.


2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Championship pool standings
The top four teams from each pool advanced to the Championship pool. All wins and losses earned in the round robin (including results against teams that failed to advance) were carried forward into the Championship Pool. Wins in tiebreaker games were not carried forward.


2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Championship pool results
All draw times are listed in Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−4:00).


2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Championship pool results, Draw 18
^With Team Canada's victory, Jennifer Jones became the winningest skip at the Canadian national women's championship (141 victories), surpassing Colleen Jones


2019 Scottish Challenge Cup Final
The 2019 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, also known as the IRN-BRU Cup Final for sponsorship reasons, was a football match that took place on 23 March 2019, between Ross County and Connah's Quay Nomads. It was the 28th final of the Scottish Challenge Cup since it was first organised in 1990 to celebrate the centenary of the now defunct Scottish Football League, and the sixth since the SPFL was formed. Connah's Quay became the first club from outside Scotland to reach the final since the competition was first expanded to include guest teams from other countries in 2016–17.


2019 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, Route to the final
The competition is a knock-out tournament and was contested by 58 teams from Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in 2018–19. Two teams from the English National League (fifth tier) were added to the competition in 2018–19, following the addition of teams from Wales and Northern Ireland in 2016–17 and the Republic of Ireland in 2017–18.


2019 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, Route to the final, Connah's Quay Nomads
As one of the guest teams from Wales, Connah's Quay Nomads received a bye to the second round.


2019 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, Route to the final, Connah's Quay Nomads
The choice of Inverness as the venue for the final caused some controversy, with the Highland city being only 15 miles (24 km) from Ross County's home in Dingwall but a distance of 400 miles (640 km) for Connah's Quay Nomads; previous finals had typically been held further south in Scotland's Central Belt.


2019 Scottish Cup Final
The 2019 Scottish Cup Final was the 134th final of the Scottish Cup and the final of the 2018–19 Scottish Cup, the most prestigious knockout football competition in Scotland. The match took place at Hampden Park on 25 May 2019 and was contested by Heart of Midlothian and Celtic. This was the fourth time that the two clubs had met in a Scottish Cup final with the previous finals being in 1901, 1907 and 1956. Of these three previous meetings in the final, Heart of Midlothian had won two and Celtic one.


2019 Scottish Cup Final
As Scottish Premiership clubs, Hearts and Celtic both entered the tournament in the fourth round. For Hearts, they only had one Premiership side to make it to the final. They did need a replay in the quarter-finals against Partick Thistle before defeating Inverness in the first semi. After defeating League One side Airdrieonians in the fourth round, Celtic defeated three other Premiership clubs to make it to the final which Aberdeen in the semi-final.


2019 Scottish Cup Final
The match was Celtic's 57th appearance in the Scottish Cup final and Hearts 15th. In the match, it was Celtic that won the match 2–1 with both goals coming from French striker Odsonne Édouard. This meant that Celtic completed a third successive domestic treble ("treble treble"), a feat which had not previously been achieved in Scottish football.


2019 Scottish Cup Final, Route to the final, Heart of Midlothian
Heart of Midlothian entered the competition in the fourth round of competition as one of the sixteens teams to enter in this round of the competition. Their first opponent was at Tynecastle Park to Premiership side Livingston where a goal from Sean Clare saw the team win the match 1-0.


2019 Scottish Cup Final, Route to the final, Heart of Midlothian
In the fifth round they was drawn against Junior club Auchinleck Talbot at home who had knocked out an Championship side in the previous round. The match saw four different goal scorers with Christophe Berra scoring the opener in the tenth minute of play. Two more goals from Demetri Mitchell and Steven MacLean opened the gap to three goals before the break. A goal in the second half from Aidan Keena secured the 4-0 win but not before an injury forced them down to ten men for the final twelve minutes.


2019 Scottish Cup Final, Route to the final, Heart of Midlothian
The quarter final saw the team travel to Firhill Stadium for the match against Championship side Partick Thistle. After an early goal from Christophe Berra, the team dominated the game with 59% of the possession. The tie though headed into a replay after Christie Elliott scored to level the match in the 72nd minute. The replay at Tyncastle Park saw the away team getting the opening goal in the 17th minute from a Scott McDonald tap to give the championship side the early lead. But a goal from Uche Ikpeazu and the penalty conversation from Sean Clare saw Hearts qualify for the semi-final.


2019 Scottish Cup Final, Route to the final, Heart of Midlothian
For Hearts, this meant a semi final with another Championship side in Inverness in the first of two matches at Hampden Park. After a lacklustre first half, Uche Ikpeazu broke deadlock for the Hearts in the 49th minute with the shot coming off a deflection. After Jamie McCart goal was deemed offside in the 61st minute, John Souttar doubled the lead only four minutes later. Sean Clare gave Hearts a 3-0 victory after Ikpeazu was brought down by Mark Ridgers to give a penalty which was converted.


2019 Scottish Cup Final, Route to the final, Celtic
Much like their opponents, Celtic also started in the fourth round of the Scottish Cup as one of the Premiership sides. In the fourth round, they played at home (Celtic Park) to League One side Airdrieonians. In what was a convincing win, Scott Sinclair scored two goals in the 3-0 victory with coach, Brendan Rodgers stating that it was "tough to get going" despite Celtic having over 70% of the possession throughout the match.


2019 Scottish Cup Final, Route to the final, Celtic
In the fifth round, they took on fellow Premiership side, St Johnstone at home. In what was their third match against St Johnstone in twelve days, Celtic eased past their opponents 5–0 with Scott Sinclair scoring a hat-trick in the victory. Also getting on the score sheet was Scott Brown and James Forrest in what St Johnstone manager, Tommy Wright saying "that they were the better team".


2019 Scottish Cup Final, Route to the final, Celtic
The quarter finals had Celtic travel to Easter Road in Edinburgh to take on another Premiership side Hibernian. Before the game, they needed to change coaches with Brendan Rodgers leaving Celtic to join Leicester City on a three year deal. This meant that they hired Neil Lennon, who had recently left Hibernian, as intern manager for the rest of the season. After there was no scoring in the first half, James Forrest opened the scoring in the 62nd minute from a 20 yard shot which was smashed into the net.


2019 Scottish Cup Final, Route to the final, Celtic
Scott Brown extended the lead to two goals with another devastating strike to give Celtic the 2-0 win. But the match wasn't without drama with a glass bottle almost hitting Scott Sinclair in the 57th minute while he was taking a corner which saw the behaviour of the fan club into question.


2019 Scottish Cup Final, Route to the final, Celtic
This meant they took on Aberdeen in the second semi-final at Hampden Park. After Dominic Ball was reported for the second time which brought their opponents down to ten men, James Forrest fired the opening goal before half-time. Their second came from a penalty from Odsonne Édouard after Michael Devlin hand which the referee gave the penalty which was converted. Tom Rogic scored Celtic's third for the match after Lewis Ferguson was red-carded due to the two foot lunge that resulted in a free-kick which Rogic converted.


2019 Scottish Cup Final, Pre-match
Going into the 2019 final, Celtic had won the Scottish Cup 38 times from 57 appearances in the final. The 2019 final is their third consecutive appearance in the final, having won the competition in 2017 and 2018. Heart of Midlothian had won the Scottish Cup 8 times from 14 appearances in the final. Their most recent victory and appearance in the final was in 2012. The clubs had met in the finals of 1901 (a 4–3 win for Hearts), 1907 (3–0 for Celtic) and 1956 (3–1 for Hearts).


2019 Scottish Cup Final, Pre-match
Both clubs were allocated 20,200 tickets for the final, played at Hampden Park in Glasgow.


2019 Scottish Cup Final, Match, Summary
After a goalless first half, Ryan Edwards gave Hearts the lead after 52 minutes with a left foot shot thru the legs of the goalkeeper from ten yards out after the ball broke to him after a back heel pass from Sean Clare. Celtic were awarded a penalty after 62 minutes when Odsonne Édouard was fouled by Hearts goalkeeper Zdeněk Zlámal with Édouard scoring the penalty with a shot to left corner of the net with Zlámal getting a touch. Celtic went in front in the 82nd minute when Édouard scored his second when he lifted the ball over the advancing Zlámal from the edge of the penalty area with his right foot after a header into his path from Mikael Lustig.


2019 Scottish Cup Final, Media Coverage
BBC Scotland and Premier Sports gained the rights to host the final in what will be the first year of a six year deal in the United Kingdom in hosting Scottish Cup matches from the fourth round onward.


2019 Scottish Greens co-leadership election
The first Scottish Greens co-leadership election occurred during the summer of 2019, following a newly adopted constitution by the party. One article of the constitution stated that the positions of co-conveners would be abolished in favour of the newly established positions of co-leaders. It also said that at least one of the co-leaders had to be a woman. Both of the former co-conveners, Maggie Chapman and Patrick Harvie, contested the election, but when the results were announced at the Out of Blue Drill Hall in Edinburgh on the 1st of August 2019, only Patrick Harvie was elected, alongside Lorna Slater. All Scottish Green Party members were eligible to vote.


2019 Scottish Greens co-leadership election, Other positions
Changes to the party's constitution created several new positions which were available for election.


2019 Scottish Greens co-leadership election, Other positions
The eco-socialist Green Future Group faction did not nominate a candidate for the co-leader position but contested for the other positions. All seven nominations from the faction were successful in their contests.


2019 Scottish Greens co-leadership election, Candidates, Lorna Slater
Lorna Slater was the first person to announce their candidacy, via Twitter. Her work experience comes from renewable energy engineering, and she had been second on the party's list for the 2019 European Parliament election. During that election, she had been known to be a strong debater and a good speaker when it came to the media. When announcing her candidacy, she stated that the party was ready for a "fresh new start." Upon winning, she said that she wanted to get more women and non-binary people elected, and to gain more seats than ever before at the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.


2019 Scottish Greens co-leadership election, Candidates, Graham Kerr
Green activist Graham Kerr from North Lanarkshire was the second person to put their name forward. He had been a candidate in the 2017 Scottish Green Party co-convener election, and said that he decided to run again because of the encouragement that he had got. During his campaign, he was a critic of austerity.


2019 Scottish Greens co-leadership election, Candidates, Guy Ingerson
Guy Ingerson announced that he would be running on 22 June. He had a background in the oil industry, but he said that at the peak of the 2015 oil crash, he decided that the world needed to change their economic future. During his campaign, he criticised the SNP on a number of different issues, such as LGBTQ+ rights, housing, transport and the environment. He stated that the Scottish Greens offered a “progressive and pragmatic” alternative, and that he wanted the Scottish Greens’ success to be similar to that of other Green parties around Europe.


2019 Scottish Greens co-leadership election, Candidates, Maggie Chapman
The former co-convener Maggie Chapman was a front runner in the election, with her campaign based on her former profile in being head of the party. Upon losing, she said that she was “disappointed” not to have got the job, but was happy for Slater and Harvie.


2019 Scottish Greens co-leadership election, Candidates, Patrick Harvie
Patrick Harvie was one of the last to enter the race. He said that it was important that the leadership remained with an MSP, so that “[the] whole party [would be] ready for the next big test in [the] 2021 [Scottish Parliament election].”


2019 Scottish Greens co-leadership election, Results
Because Lorna Slater did not have a seat in the Scottish Parliament, the leaders in Scottish Parliament remained Patrick Harvie and Alison Johnstone. She has since become a regional MSP for the Lothian region.


2019 Scottish League Cup Final
The 2019 Scottish League Cup Final was an association football match that took place on 8 December 2019 at Hampden Park, Glasgow. It was the final match of the 2019–20 Scottish League Cup, the 74th season of the Scottish League Cup (known as the Betfred Cup for sponsorship reasons), a competition for the 42 teams in the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL). It was contested by Old Firm rivals Celtic and Rangers, in their 15th meeting in League Cup Finals.


2019 Scottish League Cup Final
As both teams participated in European competitions they entered the competition in the second round. Matches from the second round onward were contested on a one-off basis, with 30 minutes extra time used for matches tied after 90 minutes, and then a penalty shoot-out if they are still level. To qualify for the final Celtic beat Dunfermline Athletic, Partick Thistle and Hibernian. Rangers beat East Fife, Livingston and Heart of Midlothian.


2019 Scottish League Cup Final
Celtic won 1–0, with a goal from centre back Christopher Jullien, side footing to the net from close range after a free-kick from the left in the 60th minute. It was Celtic's 19th Scottish League Cup win, and 10th straight domestic trophy (three Scottish Premiership titles, three Scottish Cups and four Scottish League Cups).


2019 Scottish League Cup Final, Route to the final
As both clubs participated in European competitions, they both received a bye through the 2019–20 Scottish League Cup group stage.


2019 Scottish Open (snooker)
The 2019 Scottish Open (known as the 19.com Scottish Open due to sponsorship) was a professional snooker tournament,which took place from 9 to 15 December 2019 at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland. It was the eighth ranking event of the 2019–20 snooker season and the third tournament of the Home Nations Series. The event featured a prize fund of £405,000, with the winner receiving £70,000, and was sponsored by sports bookmakers 19.com. The tournament was broadcast across Europe on Eurosport.


2019 Scottish Open (snooker)
The defending champion was Mark Allen who completed a 9–7 defeat of Shaun Murphy in the 2018 final, but he lost 5–6 to Jack Lisowski in the semi-finals. The final was contested between Mark Selby and Lisowski. Selby became the first player to win two Home Nations events in a single season after a 9–6 victory over Lisowski in the final, and was Selby's 17th ranking title. Lisowski made the highest break of the event, a 143, in frame three of his quarter-final win over Thepchaiya Un-Nooh.


2019 Scottish Open (snooker), Format
The Scottish Open was first played in 1981 as the 1981 International Open, which was won by Steve Davis. The event was added to the Home Nations Series in 2016. The 2019 edition was the third of four Home Nations Series tournaments, and the eighth world ranking event of the 2019–20 snooker season. The event took place from 9 to 15 December 2019 at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland. It followed the UK Championship, and preceded the European Masters.


2019 Scottish Open (snooker), Format
The defending champion was Mark Allen, who had won the 2018 event by defeating Shaun Murphy 9–7. All matches were played as the best of 7 frames in the first four rounds, at which point the number increased: 9 in the quarter-finals; 11 in the semi-finals; and the best of 19 frames in the final. Chinese sports prediction website 19.com sponsored the event, which was broadcast in Europe by Eurosport; Quest in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland; NowTV in Hong Kong; Superstars Online, Youku and Zhibo.tv in China; DAZN in Canada and Sky Sport in New Zealand.


2019 Scottish Open (snooker), Format, Prize fund
The winner of the event received £70,000 of a total prize fund of £405,000. A breakdown of the prize money for the event is shown below:


2019 Scottish Open (snooker), Summary
The first four rounds were played between 9 and 12 December as the best-of-7 frame matches. Defending champion Mark Allen defeated Andy Hicks 4–2 and then Louis Heathcote, Elliot Slessor and Chris Wakelin all 4–1. He would play 25th seed Scott Donaldson, who defeated Lei Peifan, Billy Joe Castle, eighth seed Kyren Wilson, and Zhang Jiankang all by four frames to two. Twelfth seed Jack Lisowski overcame Zhang Anda, David Grace, Mike Dunn, and fifth seed John Higgins to reach the last eight stage.


2019 Scottish Open (snooker), Summary
He met Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, who beat Liang Wenbo, Robert Milkins, Marco Fu, before whitewashing fourth seed Neil Robertson 4–0. Third seed Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Dominic Dale on a deciding frame, before completing whitewashes over James Cahill and Martin Gould, and reaching the quarter-finals with a 4–2 win over Joe Perry. Sixth seed Mark Selby won in the first round over Mark Joyce and Alfie Burden before completing 4–0 whitewashes of his own over Liam Highfield and Jimmy Robertson. The final quarter-final was to be played between David Gilbert – who completed victories over Eden Sharav, Chang Bingyu, Xiao Guodong and Shaun Murphy – and second seed Judd Trump, who completed 4–0 victories over Amine Amiri and Yuan Sijun before 4–1 defeating James Wattana and Graeme Dott.


2019 Scottish Open (snooker), Summary
The quarter-finals of the event were played on 13 December as the best of nine frame matches. Allen defeated Donaldson 5–1, making four breaks over 50. O'Sullivan led Selby 4–3, with four century breaks being made between them in the opening five frames. Selby made a break of 56 to force a deciding frame, which he won with a break of 63. Gilbert lost the opening frame against Trump, but won the next three with breaks of 71 and 98.


2019 Scottish Open (snooker), Summary
Trump won frame five with a break of 101, but Gilbert won the next two frames to progress after a 5–2 victory. The final quarter-final was played between Lisowski and Un-Nooh. Lisowski made breaks of 63, 76, 78, 71 and the tournament high break of 143 to win the match 5–3. The match was described by Lisowski as "probably the best game I’ve ever been involved in as a professional".


2019 Scottish Open (snooker), Summary
The semi-finals were held on 14 December as the best of 11 frames. Selby defeated Gilbert by six frames to one, with breaks of 76, 84, 132 and 69. Allen and Lisowski in the second semi-final were tied at 2–2, before Allen won frame five with a break of 79. Lisowski won the next three frames, including a 74 in frame 8 which was described by Eurosport pundit Neal Foulds as "good a break as we have seen all year". Allen, however won the next two frames to force a deciding frame, which was won by Liswoski, with a 95 break.


2019 Scottish Open (snooker), Summary
The final was contested between Selby and Lisowski on 15 December as the best of 17 frames, held over two sessions. The pair had met on the world snooker tour on seven previous occasions, with Liwowski having won four of their encounters. Lisowski made a pot on his first shot of the game, and won the first two frames with breaks of 73 and 58. Selby tied the scores at 2–2 with breaks of 78 and 75.


2019 Scottish Open (snooker), Summary
Lisowski took frame five, before Selby won frame six with a break of 127, and led at 5–3 after winning the next two frames. On the resumption of the match, Lisowski won two of the next three frames before Selby took frame 12 after a prolonged safety battle. The next frame was won by Selby, who led 8–5, one frame from victory, but lost frame 14 despite being 64 points ahead. Selby, however, won the match 9–6 in frame 15 after a break of 79. After the victory, Selby commented that after losing to Matthew Stevens in the UK Championship, he had thought about retiring from the event. This was Selby's second Home Nations victory of the season and his 17th career ranking title.


2019 Scottish Open (snooker), Tournament draw
Below is the full results for the events. Players in bold denote match winners, whilst numbers in brackets show seedings.


2019 Scottish Open (snooker), Century breaks
There were a total of 80 century breaks made during the tournament. The highest was a 143 made by Lisowski in frame three of his quarter-final win.


2019 Scottish Rally Championship
The Scottish Rally Championship is a rallying series run throughout Scotland over the course of a year, that comprises seven gravel surface events.


2019 Scottish Rally Championship
The 2019 series began on the snow-covered forest tracks around Inverness on 9 February, with the season finale taking place around Dalbeattie on 14 September.


2019 Scottish Rally Championship
Following the Grampian Stages Rally in August, Euan Thorburn and regular co-driver Paul Beaton were declared champions in their Ford Focus WRC. They had won four of the five events thus far and were uncatchable in the points table.


2019 Scottish Rally Championship, 2019 calendar
For season 2019 there are to be seven events held predominantly on gravel surfaces.


2019 Scottish Rally Championship, 2019 calendar
Snowman RallyOn 7 February it was announced via the organisers Facebook account that the 2019 event would be cancelled. The reason given was attributed to the extremely unsafe conditions of the course, with all stages having a thick covering of Ice.


2019 Scottish Rally Championship, Drivers Points Classification
Points are awarded to the highest placed registered driver on each event as follows: 30, 28, 27, 26, and so on down to 1 point. At the end of the Championship, competitors will count their best 5 scores out of the 6 events as his/her final overall Championship score.


2019 Scottish Women's Cup
The 2019 SWF Scottish Cup, known as the 2019 SSE Scottish Women's Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the national cup competition in Scottish women's football.


2019 Scottish Women's Cup, First round
Teams in Bold advanced to the second round. The number in brackets indicates the level on the Scottish women's league pyramid each team competes in the 2019 season. H&I indicates a team which plays in the Highlands & Islands League.


2019 Scottish Women's Cup, Third round
Teams competing in the 2019 Scottish Women's Premier League enter in this round. Teams in Bold advanced to the fourth round.


2019 Scottish Women's Premier League
The 2019 Scottish Women's Premier League, known as the Scottish Building Society Scottish Women's Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is the 18th season of the Scottish Women's Premier League, the highest division of women's association football in Scotland since its inception in 2002.


2019 Scottish Women's Premier League
The league is split into two divisions of eight teams each, named SWPL 1 and SWPL 2. The season started on 10 February 2019 and is scheduled to finish on 17 November 2019. Fixtures for the 2019 SWPL 1 season were announced on 17 December 2018, while fixtures for the 2019 SWPL 2 season were announced on 21 December 2018.


2019 Scottish Women's Premier League
Glasgow City are the defending champions. Motherwell joined the SWPL 1 as the promoted club from the 2018 SWPL 2, replacing Hamilton Academical. Dundee United and Partick Thistle joined the SWPL 2 as the promoted clubs from the SWFL, replacing Aberdeen and Central Girls.


2019 Scottish Women's Premier League, SWPL 1, Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.


2019 Scottish Women's Premier League, SWPL 2, Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.


2019 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup
The 2019 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup is the 18th edition of the Scottish Women's Premier League's league cup competition, which began in 2002. It is sponsored by the Scottish Building Society and is officially known as the Scottish Building Society Scottish Women's Premier League Cup. The competition is contested by all 16 teams of the two divisions of the Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL 1 and SWPL 2).


2019 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup, Results
All results listed are published by Scottish Women's Football (SWF).


2019 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup, Results, First round
The draw for the First round took place on Saturday, 19 January 2019 at Hampden Park. All 8 ties were played on Sunday, 24 February 2019.


2019 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup, Results, Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals took place on Wednesday, 27 February 2019 at Hampden Park. All 4 ties were played on Sunday, 24 March 2019.


2019 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup, Top goalscorers
Bold text indicates players and teams who are still active in the competition.


2019 Seattle City Council election
The 2019 Seattle City Council election was held on November 5, 2019. Seven seats of the nine-member Seattle City Council were up for election. Four incumbent members of the city council did not run for reelection while the remaining three incumbents all won reelection.


2019 Seattle City Council election
Sally Bagshaw, Bruce Harrell, Rob Johnson, and Mike O'Brien all announced that they would not seek reelection to the city council. Andrew J. Lewis defeated Jim Pugel to succeed Bagshaw, Tammy Morales defeated Mark Solomon to succeed Harrell, Alex Pedersen defeated Shaun Scott to succeed Johnson, and Dan Strauss defeated Heidi Wills to succeed O'Brien. Incumbent councilors Lisa Herbold, Debora Juarez, and Kshama Sawant ran for and won reelection.


2019 Seattle City Council election
The amount of money spent during the campaign doubled from the 2015 election with Amazon spending $1.5 million to support multiple candidates, including Egan Orion against Sawant and Pedersen's campaign.


2019 Seattle City Council election, Background
The districts of the Seattle City Council were reorganized into geographic districts starting in the 2015 election instead of the previously used at-large districts. Forty-seven candidates ran in the 2015 city council election which was the most up to that point and more than the twenty-nine candidates who ran in the 1997 election. Over fifty candidates ran in the 2019 election.


2019 Seattle City Council election, Background
Mayor Ed Murray did not seek reelection in the 2017 mayoral election which was won by Jenny Durkan. Murray resigned on September 13, 2017, and was replaced by Bruce Harrell as temporary mayor who was later replaced by Tim Burgess.


2019 Seattle City Council election, Campaign, District 1
Lisa Herbold, who had served on the city council since her election in 2005, announced on January 30, 2019, that she would run for reelection. Phil Tavel, an activist, launched his campaign on January 31. Brendan Kolding, a police officer, announced his campaign in January and during the campaign he was recommended for firing after an internal investigation by the Seattle Police Department determined that he lied about his mistreatment of another officer.


2019 Seattle City Council election, Campaign, District 1
Herbold and Tavel placed first and second in the primary and Herbold defeated Tavel in the general election.


2019 Seattle City Council election, Campaign, District 2
Tammy Morales, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America who had ran in the 2015 election, announced on January 7, 2019, that she would run for a seat on the city council from the 2nd district. Harrell, who had served on the city council since his election in 2007, announced on January 8, that he would not seek reelection. Phyllis Porter, an educator and community organizer, announced her campaign on January 17. Christopher Peguero announced his campaign on January 21. Ari Hoffman, Matthew Perkins, and Mark Solomon also ran in the election.


2019 Seattle City Council election, Campaign, District 2
Morales and Solomo placed first and second in the primary and Morales defeated Solomo in the general election.


2019 Seattle City Council election, Campaign, District 3
Beto Yarce, a business owner, announced on November 29, 2018, that he would run for city council, but later dropped out on February 19, 2019. Kshama Sawant, who was first elected in the 2013 election and is the only Socialist Alternative member on the city council, filed to run for reelection on January 11, 2019, and launched her campaign on January 24, becoming the first incumbent city councilor to do so. Egan Orion, the head of the United States Chamber of Commerce in Capitol Hill, announced his campaign on April 2, in response to Yarce dropping out. Zachary DeWolf, a member of the Seattle School Board, announced on April 9, that he would run in the election. Pat Murakami, an activist, Ami Nguyen, a public defender, and Logan Bowers, a business owner, also ran.


2019 Seattle City Council election, Campaign, District 3
Bowers filed a complaint against Sawant during the campaign allegeding that Sawant had used city fund and resources to be used by Socialist Alternative. Sawant and Orion placed first and second in the primary and Sawant defeated Orion in the general election. Orion conceded to Sawant on November 12. Sawant won despite receiving 37% of the vote in the primary which was the worst performance for a winning incumbent city councilor in a primary since Richard McIver won reelection after receiving 39% in the 2005 primary.


2019 Seattle City Council election, Campaign, District 4
Rob Johnson announced that he would not seek reelection after having served one term on the city council stating that he had told his wife that he would only serve one term. Shaun Scott, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America who served as a delegate for Bernie Sanders, announced his campaign in an article for The Stranger. Alex Pedersen ran in the election and was the first candidate to qualify for democracy vouchers.


2019 Seattle City Council election, Campaign, District 4
Pedersen and Scott placed first and second in the primary and Pedersen defeated Scott in the general election.


2019 Seattle City Council election, Campaign, District 5
Ann Davison Sattler announced her campaign for city council on January 23, 2019. Debora Juarez, who was first elected in 2015, announced that she would seek reelection on January 25. Juarez and Sattler placed first and second in the primary and Juarez defeated Sattler in the general election.


2019 Seattle City Council election, Campaign, District 6
Mike O'Brien, who was first elected in the 2009 election, announced on February 13, 2019, that he would not seek reelection. Dan Strauss, a policy advisor for Sally Bagshaw, announced his campaign on the same day as O'Brien's retirement announcement. Heidi Wills, who was one of three incumbents who lost reelection in the 2003 election after Strippergate, ran in the election.


2019 Seattle City Council election, Campaign, District 6
Strauss and Wills placed first and second in the primary and Strauss defeated Wills in the general election.


2019 Seattle City Council election, Campaign, District 7
Sally Bagshaw, who had served since her election to the city council in 2009, announced on November 27, 2018, that she would not seek reelection. Andrew J. Lewis announced his campaign for city council on November 28, 2018. Jim Pugel, the former chief of the Seattle Police Department, announced his campaign for city council on January 29, 2019. Naveed Jamali, a former spy, also ran in the election.


2019 Seattle City Council election, Campaign, District 7
Lewis and Pugel placed first and second in the primary and Lewis defeated Pugel in the general election.


2019 Seattle City Council election, Campaign finance
$3,376,384 was spent in total during the 2015 election with $669,340 being from independent political action committee and $2,707,044 coming from contributions to candidates. Campaign spending increased during the 2019 election with $7,294,171 being spent in total with $1,427,737 coming from democracy vouchers, $1,819,300 being contributions to candidates, and $4,047,134 being from independent political action committees.


2019 Seattle City Council election, Campaign finance
The Civic Alliance for Sound Economy, the political action committee of the Seattle Metropolitan United States Chamber of Commerce which received over $200,000 in funding from Amazon, supported and gave money to Tavel, Solomon, Orion, Pedersen, Juares, Fathi, Wills, Pugel, and George during the campaign. Amazon contributed over $1.5 million during the election which was more than the $130,000 donated by the company and its employees during the 2015 election.


2019 Seattle Mariners season
The 2019 Seattle Mariners season was the 43rd season in franchise history. The Mariners played their twentieth full season and twenty-first overall at T-Mobile Park, their home ballpark. The Mariners entered the season with the longest active playoff drought in the four major North American professional sports and again failed to make their first postseason appearance since 2001. The Mariners started the season with a 13–2 record, their best start in franchise history. However, they went 55–92 after their great start, finishing last in the AL West for the first time since 2012 and falling out of the playoffs once again.


2019 Seattle Mariners season
With the Washington Nationals winning the World Series during the 2019 postseason, the Mariners now hold the dubious distinction of being the only MLB franchise to have never played in the World Series.


2019 Seattle Redhawks men's soccer team
The 2019 Seattle Redhawks men's soccer team represented Seattle University during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season and the 2019 Western Athletic Conference men's soccer season. The regular season began on August 30 and concluded on November 9. It was the program's 53rd season fielding a men's varsity soccer team, and their 8th season in the Western Athletic Conference. The 2019 season was Pete Fewing's eighth year as head coach for the program.


2019 Seattle Redhawks men's soccer team, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Seattle Seahawks season
The 2019 season was the Seattle Seahawks' 44th in the National Football League (NFL) and their 10th under head coach Pete Carroll. It marked their first full season since 1996 without longtime owner Paul Allen, who had died during the 2018 season.


2019 Seattle Seahawks season
For the first time since 2010, Earl Thomas did not play for the Seahawks as he signed with the Baltimore Ravens via free agency during the offseason. Thomas was the last remaining original member of the Legion of Boom defensive secondary. This is also the first time since 2010 without wide receiver Doug Baldwin, as he was released from the team after a failed physical designation, along with strong safety Kam Chancellor. Baldwin announced his retirement three days later.


2019 Seattle Seahawks season
The Seahawks set a franchise record for most road wins in a season by going 7–1. Their previous best was 6–2 during the 2013 season.


2019 Seattle Seahawks season, Notable events
On September 1, 2019, the Seahawks traded Jacob Martin, Barkevious Mingo and a 2020 3rd round pick (91st overall subsequently traded, Devin Asiasi) to the Houston Texans for star defensive end Jadeveon Clowney. Over his 13-game season, Clowney obtained 3 sacks, 1 interception, 13 QB hits, both an interception and fumble return touchdown, as well as a career-high 4 forced fumbles. Although Clowney accrued a lower sack total than his previous seasons, he provided some much needed quarterback pressure in a lackluster Seattle pass rush.


2019 Seattle Seahawks season, Notable events
The Seahawks then made a late-season trade in October, trading a 2020 fifth-round pick to the Detroit Lions for safety Quandre Diggs, in an effort to supplement the loss of Earl Thomas. Diggs indeed bolstered the Seattle secondary: producing 21 tackles, 3 interceptions, 3 pass deflections, 1 forced fumble, 1 fumble recovery, and a return touchdown during his 5 games with the team.


2019 Seattle Seahawks season, Notable events
On October 3, 2019, Seahawks owner Paul Allen was posthumously inducted into the Seahawks Ring of Honor before a 30–29 home victory against the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday Night Football.


2019 Seattle Seahawks season, Notable events
After starting the season with a 10–2 record, they collapsed to a 1–3 finish in the final four games, due in part to injuries. With a Week 15 win over the Carolina Panthers, the Seahawks improved on their 10–6 record from the previous season. A loss by the Rams later that day clinched the Seahawks their seventh playoff appearance in the last eight seasons. In the playoffs, the Seahawks defeated the NFC East champion Philadelphia Eagles 17–9 in the Wild Card round, but lost 28–23 to the Green Bay Packers in the Divisional round. While they finished the regular season with an 11–5 record, they had just a +7 point differential, their worst in the Russell Wilson era.


2019 Seattle Seahawks season, Notable events
Rookie wide receiver DK Metcalf made an immediate impact. His 89 receiving yards in Week 1 against the Cincinnati Bengals was the most ever by a Seahawks receiver in their rookie debut, passing Hall of Famer Steve Largent. He caught a total of 58 passes for 900 yards and 7 touchdowns, the second most catches and receiving yards by a rookie in franchise history. Metcalf also holds the NFL and franchise rookie record for most receiving yards in a playoff game, after a 160-yard performance against the Eagles during the Wild Card round.


2019 Seattle Seahawks season, Notable events
Former Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch returned due to a slew of injuries to other running backs. In 2019, all but four of the Seahawks' games were decided by one possession (8 or less points).


2019 Seattle Seahawks season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. New Orleans Saints
This was the first September home loss of the Russell Wilson/Pete Carroll era, as well as their first since 2009.


2019 Seattle Seahawks season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Arizona Cardinals
The Seahawks started the season 3–1 for the first time since 2016.


2019 Seattle Seahawks season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. Los Angeles Rams
With the win, the Seahawks went to 4–1 for the first time since 2016.


2019 Seattle Seahawks season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Cleveland Browns
With the win, the Seahawks improved to 5–1 for the first time since their Super Bowl winning 2013 season.


2019 Seattle Sounders FC season
The 2019 Seattle Sounders FC season was the club's eleventh season in Major League Soccer, the United States' top-tier of professional soccer. The 2019 season was Brian Schmetzer's third full MLS season as head coach of the Sounders. Seattle-based Zulily became the official jersey sponsor of the Sounders in the 2019 season.


2019 Seattle Sounders FC season
Sounders FC won their second MLS Cup title at the end of the season, playing in front of a franchise-record 69,274 fans at CenturyLink Field.


2019 Seattle Sounders FC season, Recap
In January 2019, the Sounders announced that their USL-affiliated team, Seattle Sounders FC 2, that had moved to Tacoma, Washington would be re-branded as the Tacoma Defiance. In addition, the club announced that Zulily would replace Xbox as the jersey sponsor after signing a multi-year deal.


2019 Seattle Sounders FC season, Recap
Long-time midfielder Osvaldo Alonso, who had served as captain and been with the club since its inaugural MLS season, was released into free agency and signed with Minnesota United FC in January 2019. Defender Chad Marshall, who had joined in 2014, announced his retirement from professional soccer on May 22, leaving mid-way through the season.


2019 Seattle Sounders FC season, Recap
On August 2, defender Román Torres was suspended for ten matches after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance by the league.


2019 Seattle Sounders FC season, Recap
The Sounders clinched a spot in the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League by virtue of having the 4th best record in the regular season and making it to the Western Conference Finals in the Playoffs; the three other teams in the Conference Finals had also clinched berths in the Champions League or were ineligible (in the case of Toronto FC).


2019 Seattle Sounders FC season, Current roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of August 12, 2019.


2019 Seattle Sounders FC season, Transfers
For transfers in, dates listed are when Sounders FC officially signed the players to the roster. Transactions where only the rights to the players are acquired are not listed. For transfers out, dates listed are when Sounders FC officially removed the players from its roster, not when they signed with another club. If a player later signed with another club, his new club will be noted, but the date listed here remains the one when he was officially removed from Sounders FC roster.


2019 Seattle Sounders FC season, Transfers, In, Draft picks
Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in. Only trades involving draft picks and executed after the start of 2019 MLS SuperDraft will be listed in the notes.


2019 Seattle Storm season
The 2019 WNBA season was the 20th season for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association. The regular season began on May 25 with a game against the Phoenix Mercury.


2019 Seattle Storm season
On August 15, 2018 the Seattle Storm announced that they would play their regular season games at the University of Washington's Alaska Airlines Arena while KeyArena undergoes renovations for the Seattle Kraken of the NHL. The Storm will play five games at the Angel of the Winds Arena in Everett, Washington.


2019 Seattle Storm season
During the preseason, two of the Storm's prominent stars were injured. Breanna Stewart, the 2018 WNBA MVP, ruptured her Achilles tendon while playing in the EuroLeague for Dynamo Kursk. Stewart underwent surgery, and is expected to recover in time for the 2020 season, but miss the entirety of 2019. Sue Bird underwent arthroscopic surgery to remove a loose body in her left knee and would miss the entire 2019 season. Bird was selected to the All Star Game in 2018, and was the team leader in assists.


2019 Seattle Storm season
For the first six games of the season, the Storm alternated winning a game and losing a game. Through the month of June, they could not win more than two games in a row, and finished June with an 8–6 record. July was a streak filled month, with the team winning four games in a row, after starting the month with two home losses to Atlanta Dream and New York Liberty. The Dream and Liberty ended up having the worst records in the WNBA.